[Trombone-l] Church music, tbn solos

[Thomas Ervin]

Ray, publish them yourself, as I did. Or we should talk about me 
publishing them for you.

Folks will say "It's easy to get them printed; it's harder to get them 
sold." They are almost entirely correct. It is a challenge now to get 
any publisher to invest in printing, say, 1000 sets, promise you 
not-very-much per item sold, advertise, push them onto store shelves, 
do all that bookkeeping.

It was a music publisher who advised me to publish my own. I spend a 
bit more time licking my own stamps, but the profit margin is much 
higher and one gets to write to nice people. The trombone market is not 
a difficult target. Resellers will include Hickeys and Robt King. An 
occasional ad in ITJ, OTJ classifieds, and appearances on eBay and 
AmazonStores will all help. A website is a good idea too. Get them 
reviewed by somebody at ITJ.

I'd be confident that the church market is also not a difficult target 
to find, but I do not know that segment of the business. I *think*  you 
will sell more to  trombonists like us, than to church libraries, but 
I've been wrong now and then.

Printing is cheap. If your capital is severely limited then print 50 
sets at first. I'll buy your first set if you'll let me. Once you can 
afford to print 1000, the unit cost is  wonderfully cheap.  Proofread 
them carefully!

Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Church Music for  Trbn Quartet
Along this line, I have almost completed a set of sacred solo 
arrangements for trombone and piano.  My publisher for trombone 
ensembles, Cimarron Music, wants to publish it but I am unhappy with 
sales there.  What publishers would you expect to see such a collection 
published by?
Raymond Horton

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